From Humble Beginnings to a Community Staple Koch Excavating’s story began in 1974 with just a small crawler, a five-yard dump truck, and an ambitious vision shared by Marj and Ray Koch. Operating out of a makeshift location in Columbus, Nebraska, with no building or facilities, they focused on basement excavation and site work. “We started small, working outside in the cold and relying on word-of-mouth to get by,” Marj recalls.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin Brown found himself looking for new opportunities. As a former City of Omaha street maintenance foreman, he started out accepting casual handyman jobs, but quickly transitioned into construction and excavation work.
Jensen Gardens, a landscaping company based in Springfield, Nebraska, has experienced remarkable growth since its inception in 2004. Started by two brothers over 20 years ago, Jensen Gardens has steadily grown into a well-established tree farm and landscape company, offering design, construction, and maintenance services throughout Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa.
Growing up on a farm in northeast Nebraska, Matt Wilke gained mechanical aptitude and familiarity with earthmoving by helping his dad work the land and keeping the equipment and machinery running.
When Jeff Wissing and a partner started building homes almost 30 years ago, they couldn’t have imagined the enormous impact technology would eventually play in the evolution and increased size of the small, residential-home-building venture. Revenues in the $500,000 to million-dollar range characterized those early years. Jeff specialized in concrete flatwork; his former partner was a master carpenter.
As Nebraska’s largest full-service landscape design company and nursery, Lanoha Nurseries designs, builds and maintains a variety of new and existing landscapes, while offering homegrown trees, plants and mulch.
When you work with NMC Cat, it isn’t just a transaction or a service appointment. It’s like sitting down with an old friend, just ask Chris Rauner, Superintendent of Road Maintenance Operations in Pawnee County.
Nance County Roads Superintendent, Tony Bernt, enjoys working with NMC Cat. “NMC has a strong equipment line for every job we need to get done. They have a great team that exceeds all limits when it comes to taking care of us. When it comes to service, their service department does a great job and offers the services we need, such as their filter kit programs and on-site service,” said Bernt.
Good relationships stand the test of time. One of our goals at NMC Cat is to build strong relationships with customers through quality equipment, excellent service and reliable support. Ann Eggleston is a testimony to this kind of relationship. Ann has been with Lexington Area Solid Waste for over 15 years and has always worked with NMC.
Cattle ranching is a tough job and tough jobs require tough equipment. Rigo Andrade, Manager of Crawford Cattle, relies on CAT equipment for his tough jobs. Since he started his career at Crawford Cattle in 2001, he has always worked with CAT equipment. He has found that “CAT Equipment is very nice to have, very nice machinery to use.”
Endicott is a nationally recognized brick, thin brick, paver, and tile manufacturer that supplies products through hundreds of distributors and precasters.
Maintaining 500 miles of road – which includes pavement, gravel, and minimum maintenance – is a big job. In fact, five hundred miles is more road than the stretch of I-80 that runs across Nebraska.
© 2025 NMC
Celebrate 100 Years of Caterpillar!Spend $250 in the Cat Central App and earn $100 in Cat Rewards—no promo code needed!
